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Robert Jameson, Geology, and Polite This thesis has been submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree (e.g. PhD, MPhil, DClinPsychol) at the University of Edinburgh. Please note the following terms and conditions of use: • This work is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, which are retained by the thesis author, unless otherwise stated. • A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. • This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the author. • The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the author. • When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given. Robert Jameson, Geology and Polite Culture, 1796-1826: Natural Knowledge Enquiry and Civic Sensibility in Late Enlightenment Scotland STUART DAVID HARTLEY Ph.D. THE U IVERSITY OF EDI BURGH 2001 September 2001 I declare that this thesis is my own work throughout Stuart Hartley Science Studies Unit Edinburgh University ABSTRACT The central figw:e in this thesis is Robert Jameson (1774-1854), geologist, mineralogist and Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh. Jameson's geological work is examined in relation to the social and intellectual interests of contemporary civil society, and in particular, in terms of the debates in Edinburgh between Huttonians and Wernerians (of which group Jameson was one) concerning the nature of geological evidence and of theory in geological explanation. This thesis is also concerned to bring into sharper focus the state of, and public interest in, the earth sciences in Scotland in the first two decades of the nineteenth century. In this regard, analysis centres upon the conceptual basis and scientific methods behind Jameson's work and upon the making of natural knowledge as a situated intellectual and social concern. The thesis has eight chapters. Following an introduction and literature review they are, respectively, concerned with showing that in societies, teaching, museology, fieldwork, laboratories and through publications, Jameson's scientific 'methodology' conformed in large part to the Baconian taxonomic and descriptive elements of W ernerianism. This thesis also suggests that scholars have hitherto misrepresented and overplayed the 'theoretical' nature of Jameson's work, and in so doing, have only characterised the debate between Huttonians and Wemerians as a conflict between rival theories. In re-examining the several activities and the conduct of Huttonians and Wernerians (in this case Jameson) in a variety of settings, a rather different understanding of the nature of debate is here advanced. Specifically, it is shown that rivalry between Huttonians and Wernerians in the sites stated above might be better understood not in terms of two opposing theories, but, rather, as a rivalry between a vigorously held theory on the one hand (proponents of Huttonianism) and, on the other, a conviction about the prematurity of theory and importance of a Baconian empirical approach. The thesis also suggests that understanding the intellectual contexts to such geological enqull.y depends importantly upon knowing something of the social and civic nature of scientific 'ownership', institutional authority, personal reputation and the proprietorial control of local scientific knowledge. ll CONTENTS ABSTI~CT ..................................................................................................................................................................... i CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................................. ii ILLUSTI~ TIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... vi 1\CKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................................................................... viii ABBREVIATIONS IN THE TEXT ....................................................................................................................... ix INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 1 SETTING THE SCENE: JAMESON IN CONTEXT .............................................................................. 11 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Geology in Scotland, 1796-1826 ......................................................................................................................... 11 1.3 A 'Culture' of Theory: Hutton and Werner Compared ................................................................................... 13 1.3.1 HU'ITON AND THE APPLICATION OF GEOLOGICAL THEORY ................................................ 16 1.3.2 HEIRS: HUTI'ONIANS AND WERNERIANS IN EDINBURGH ...................................................... 19 1.3.3 WERNEIUAN 'RESISTANC£' ............................................................................................................ 21 1.4 Robert J ameson (177 4-1854): A Biographical Sketch ..................................................................................... 22 1.4.1 THE LEGACY OF FREIBERG: WEitNER AND THE BERGAKADEMJB ........................................ 28 2 CONVERSATION: LEARNED SOCIETIES ............................................................................................ 30 2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 2.2 A Huttonian Fortress: The Royal Society of Edinburgh ............................................................................... 31 2.2.1 CONTROL: Hu·n·oNIAN GEOLOGY ANDTHERSE .................................................................. 34 2.3 The Wemerian Natural History Society ............................................................................................................ 40 2.3.1 THE WERNERIAN SOCIETY'S MEMOIRS ...................................................................................... 42 2.3.2 TI-lE SOCIE'IY'S MEMBER$ .............................................................................................................. 45 2.3.3 THE WEitNEIUAN SOCIETY AND THE PUBLIC. ........................................................................... 50 2.3.4 THE END OF THE WERNERIAN NATUIV\L HISTORY SOCIE'IY ............................................... 52 2.4 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................................. 53 ll1 3 INSTRUCTION: GEOLOGICAL TEACHING ........................................................................................ SS 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 55 3.1.1 NATURAL HISTORYTL·:ACHING AT EDINBURGH UNIVERSI'IY (1790-1820) ......................... 56 3.2 Jameson's Geological Teaching .......................................................................................................................... 59 3.2.1 JAMESON'S CLASSES ........................................................................................................................ 60 3.2.2 S'IYLE: JAMESON'S APPROACH TO TEACHING ........................................................................... 61 3.2.3 METHODS: )AMESON'S NATURAL HISTORY COURSE ............................................................... 67 3.3 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................................. 77 4 DISPLAY: MUSEUMS AND MINERAL COLLECTIONS ................................................................ 79 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 79 4.2 Proprietary Concerns and Museum Impropriety ............................................................................................. 80 4.2.1 )AMESON'S PROPIUETARY NATURE: COLLECTION BUILDING ............................................... 82 4.2.2 1tfUSEUM ACCESS: WORKING CONDI'llONS AND SCIENTIFIC REPUTATION ....................... 86 4.2.3 ARRANGEMENT: THE NATURE OF DISPLAY .............................................................................. 90 4.3 Biased Rocks: Jameson and Huttonian Collections ........................................................................................ 93 4.3.1 JAMES HUTI'ON'S COLLECllON .................................................................................................... 94 4.3.2 FURTHER CONFLICT: )AMESON AND GEORGE MACKENZIE'S COLLECTION .................... 103 4.4 Huttonian Collectors: Thomas Allan and Ninian Imrie ............................................................................... 1OS 4.5 Conclusion ...........................................................................................................................................................
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